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The Government has welcomed the completion today of EDF's £12.5 billion purchase of British Energy Group plc. The purchase is a significant step in EDF's plans to build four new nuclear reactors in the UK
5 January 2009 17:36
In a year which saw the creation of the new Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the UK is continuing to lead the world in securing a clean, affordable energy supply and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
27 December 2008 00:01
STATISTICAL PRESS RELEASE
23 December 2008 09:30
International energy and oil ministers today agreed in London to new measures aimed at helping to stabilise the international oil market.
Delegates from over 30 oil producing and consumer countries, as well as national and international oil companies, met to discuss the impacts of the recent volatility in oil prices on the economy.
19 December 2008 18:50
Nuclear reactor designs will be the subject of public scrutiny today as the Government launches a consultation on an application from the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA).
17 December 2008 12:32
EU leaders today agreed measures to deliver a unilateral commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020 compared to 1990 levels. They also made a clear commitment to increase this target to 30% in the context of an international climate agreement.
12 December 2008 16:17
-Mission statement backed by developed and developing countries
12 December 2008 00:01
A Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Indonesia was signed today by Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband, and Indonesian Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland.
11 December 2008 11:19
Moving to low-carbon heat sources is crucial in the battle against climate change with nearly half of the UK's emissions coming from heating.
10 December 2008 12:16
Potential for more than a half million homes to be powered from wind
3 December 2008 08:56
As three new Acts of Parliament go on the statute book, householders and drivers are being challenged to save energy and cut their carbon emissions under the Government's ACT ON CO2 People Power challenge, being launched nationwide tomorrow.
26 November 2008 16:12
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
25 November 2008 11:53
-Warm Front to help more homes sooner
-Ofgem to ensure transparency on energy prices
-Extended support for renewable energy
24 November 2008 17:05
The Government today held Europe's first carbon allowance auction in Phase II (2008 - 2012) of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). Four million allowances were sold at a total value of £54m excluding VAT, or £13.60 per allowance, Euro/Sterling exchange rate 0.8428.
19 November 2008 11:04
More licences than ever before are being offered to companies to extract oil and gas from the North Sea, Energy Minister Mike O'Brien announced today.
12 November 2008 09:04
Britain has teamed up with two oil-rich Gulf states to secure a mix of reliable and green energy supplies for the UK and which could see hundreds of millions of pounds pumped into the green energy revolution.
3 November 2008 17:19
Government plans to protect the taxpayer from the costs of cleaning up new nuclear power stations took a step forward today with the appointment of a watchdog to oversee the decommissioning and waste disposal funding arrangements.
3 November 2008 11:05
Climate change will present a major challenge to China in feeding its growing population by the middle of the century. This is a key message from a three-year bilateral project between the UK and China.
31 October 2008 14:18
The UK carbon allowance registry will go back on-line and recommence processing transactions at 10:30 GMT on Monday 27 October 2008. When the registry is brought back on-line, the Phase II allowances issued by the registry administrator for 2008 into operator accounts will be available, and account holders will also be able to hold Kyoto units in their accounts.
24 October 2008 14:51
A new scheme to train hundreds of workers from Citizens Advice Bureaux, Housing Associations, and other organisations, to help low income households get the best deal on their energy bills is being launched today by Energy and Climate Change Minister Joan Ruddock in Hammersmith.
23 October 2008 10:00
The UK has overtaken Denmark to become the world's number one for wind farms built offshore, with 597MW fully constructed. The achievement has been made possible after building work finished at Centrica's Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind farms near Skegness.
21 October 2008 16:07
ANNOUNCEMENT OF VOLUME OF ALLOWANCES FOR THE FIRST UK AUCTION
17 October 2008 17:12
Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband today committed the UK to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80% on 1990 levels by 2050 as a major contribution to a global deal on climate change.
16 October 2008 12:52
Ministerial responsibilities at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) were announced today.
14 October 2008 14:43
The international community should enable rainforest countries to halve deforestation by 2020 and make the global forest sector 'carbon neutral' by 2030. This is the recommendation of an independent report to the Prime Minister published today.
14 October 2008 10:30
PRESS STATEMENT
3 October 2008 17:16